Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is not agreed. Our Whip wrote to the Chief Whip last week to protest at the proposed schedule for this week not least because of the late sittings promised for Tuesday and Thursday but also in the light of the manner in which legislation was being crammed into the Thursday sitting and the fact that Topical Issues were being relegated on a regular basis to the end of the day's business, replicating the old Adjournment debate system which we unanimously agreed to change. We are opposing the proposal for the late sitting this evening. It is proposed to commence the debate on the Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015 at 9 p.m. and adjourn at 10.30 p.m. We will be sitting late again tomorrow evening and adjourning at 10 p.m. on Thursday. This follows a period in which the Dáil only met for 18 days out of 70. This speaks to the Government's mismanagement of the legislative programme.

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